Description of Asa Beebe Cross as a lumber yard owner and architect in 1869, with the lumber yard near 8th and Main Streets. Page 28: "The lumber yard of A. B. Cross & Co., west side of Main, between Court and Eighth streets, sold during the year ending 31st of August, 1869, lumber amounting to $200,000." Page 149: "Cross[,] A. B., architect, firm of C. & Rippey, res[idence] May bet[ween] 8th and 9th."